The Globe and Mail reports: Using ultrasound to examine the vessels leading in and out of the brain, Dr. Zamboni made a startling find: In more than 90 per cent of people with multiple sclerosis, including his spouse, the veins draining blood from the brain were malformed or blocked. In people without MS, they were …
No new successful runs in day 2. Day 2 has been completed. We have lasermotive as the only team with successful prize level 1 runs in the 2 meter/second to 5 meter/second range. They had day one speed of 3.73 meters/second. Thu, Nov 05 20096:43:48 AM PST:Good morning. First up today: USST. That will complete …
This silicon chip is patterned with waveguides that split optical signals and combine them with laser light to speed data rates.Credit: Alexander Gaeta Cornell University researches have developed an advancedment in optical communcation that is faster and uses less power. MIT Technology Review: The new device could also be a critical step in the development …
Oilsand Slower Growth and Lower CostsSuncor expects its [oilsand] capital costs to decline by as much as 20 per cent from the peak of 2008 when it resumes oil sands expansion after its merger with Petro-Canada, which is expected to close this fall. Oil sands producers faced increasing bottlenecks in accessing pipelines and a lack …
Holey catalyst: Rive Technology is designing a zeolite catalyst with pores larger than those found in conventional zeolites, which are widely used in petroleum and petrochemical production. The larger pores allow the catalysts to handle a wide range of compounds. Credit: Rive Technology Rive Technology will help refiners increase production of transportation fuels and process …
During a presentation on June 26, 2009 chip-making consortium Sematech outlined ways to enable Moore’s Law Sematech also warned about a gap in Extreme Ultra-violet mask inspection tools. To enable EUV in mass production fabs, IC makers must get their hands on defect-free photomasks. Today’s EUV masks have 1 defect per cm^2 at 18-nm. The …
1. South African nuclear technology firm PBMR plans to have its first 80 megawatt (MW) power and heat processing plant based on its pebble-fuel technology by 2018. Previously there was a target date of 2014, but the project was cancelled for a few months, but appears to be back on track. The global economic slowdown …
Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) announced that they are cooperating for a multi-polar world. The first summit of heads of state of the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — ended with a declaration calling for a “multipolar world order”, diplomatic code for a rejection of America’s position as the sole global …
Optimized geometries of carbon atomic chains constrained by two GNRs with various types of edges. (a) a 8-sp-atom chain bridging two GNRs with 5-7 edges,(b) a 9-sp-atom chain bridging two GNRs with zigzag edges, (c) a 10-sp-atom chain bridging two GNRs with armchair edges, (d) a 12-sp-atom chain bridging two GNRs with armchair edges. The …
The Singularity University plans to offer a 9 week course this summer from 27 June – 29 Aug 2009, at NASA Research Park at Moffet Field. In March, the Singularity University had received preliminary applications from 1300 potential students for 40 slots. On Thursday, July 16th (11:30-12:30), Brian Wang of Next Big Future will speak …
Michal Lipson and pals at Cornell University and Xiang Zhang and buddies at UC Berkeley say they have both built cloaks that are essentially mirrors with a tiny bump in which an object can hide. The cloaking occurs because the mirrors look entirely flat. The bump is hidden by a pattern of tiny silicon nanopillars …